Full of Surprises...

Ben's been surprising us lately by doing some things that we've been told a 5 1/2 month old baby isn't supposed to be able to do yet.  Over the holiday he surprised us with him seeming to want to hold his bottle himself.  We let him try, and wouldn't you know it...

He can't hold it until he finishes the entire bottle, but he's doing pretty well!  After 5 months of feeding him ourselves every 2-3 hours, we're amazed that we can hand him the bottle and he gets started with it on his own.

Ben's been sitting up on his own for a couple weeks now already, but he hasn't been able to get into the sitting position by himself, until earlier this week...   When we get ready in the morning we put him in one of his bouncy seats (which he is starting to outgrow) as we shower and get dressed.  Earlier this week, much to our surprise, he sat himself right up !

Sitting up has very quickly become his favorite position - he does not like to lay back much anymore. 

Very fortunately we had him strapped into the seat, because when his toys dropped off, he did his very best to reach them!

Of course Ben is very proud of himself for all of his progress over the past couple of weeks.

Can you tell?